Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bazaar

/bəˈzɑɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: bazaar
IPA: /bəˈzɑɹ/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.

noun

A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.

noun

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

Example Sentences

"...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced the intention of Lady Anne Granard, with her beautiful daughters, to preside at one of the stalls, at a grand fancy bazaar, in Kemp Town, which was expected to be the gayest scene and the most splendid assemblage of royalty and nobility ever beheld in Brighton."

Etymology

From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: bazar, بازار

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bəˈzɑɹ/
British English: /bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

bazaars (plural) bazar (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

bazaarlike cyberbazaar superbazaar

Phrases

ski bazaar

Synonyms

fair bazar

Homonyms

bizarre (weak vowel merger)

Rhymes With

are far car star all-star bar guitar hr pr mar par ar

Questions

How do you pronounce bazaar?: The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈzɑɹ/.
What does bazaar mean?: A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
Where does bazaar come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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